Advertising novelty



P. w. TOWNSEND ADVERTISING NOVELTY May 28, 1929.

Filed Aug. 23, 1927 INVENTOR PW Townsend ATTORNEY Parents I any 2s,iezat 211mm W."'1*o Ns a1\Tn, or Dann e, TEXAS.-

ADVERTISING NOVELTY.

I Application filed Aug st 22,1927." Serial no. 214,935,51'

V My invention relates to the art of advertising-and it particularly hasfor its object to provide a neat appearing novelty in the nature of amatch holder With spaces and provisionsfor advertisements, some of amore or less permanent character, and others changeable at will.

Further, it isan obj holder of the character stated in. Whiclrpro;

vision is'made to hold the matches separately in convenient positions tobe taken by one desiring the same.

7 Further, it is an ob ect of the invention to provide an advertisingmatch holder having a storage chamber in which a reserve supply ofmatches (boxed or loose) may bekept ii":

desired. M v p v Otherobjects Will in partbe obvious and in part bepointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends.- myinventionconsists in the novel details of constructiom and in theCOII'lblIlZL Ytion, connection and arrangement of parts hereinaftermorefully described and;tl ien pointed out in the claim. In the drawing;V

Figure 1 is a-perspectivevievv of a'preferred embodiment of theinvention.

Figure 2 is a of the same. p I 1 v Figure 3 is a rear-elevation thereof.

In the drawing in which like numerals of reference indicate like partsin all tl eifigures, 1 represents the body Whose sides 2- provideconvenient spaces on Whichadvertisements may be placed. I The frontendj3ofthe body may also serve to carry an advertisement.

The top 4 of the-body has'a depressed porticn 5 of anydesiredconfiguration as square.- round, or other shapeni plan(squarebeing jsl own in the drawing) and th s depressed portion 5 isprovided 'ivitli longitudinal and transverse rows f-pockets 6 eachadapted to match 7 (see dotted 'jlinesin'FigureZ). Y The top 4isalsoprovided with'a depressed receive an individual ect to provide amatch number of "are. parallel; one -toithe other and portionQseparatedfrOm tlie depressed portion 51bya space '8 adapted to receiveadver I tising matter as indicated in Figure-1. The body 1 adjacent thedepressed portion 9 provided wvith grooved slidevvays 15in Which a glassplate lO anjd a removable adl vertising card 11 may be placed, the cardbeing visible througliithe glass plate as indi'-.

cated in. Figure 1. In order to enable the card and plate to be removedor changed easily,' the body 1 has a portion 12 cut away to exposethecard and plateand form a con"' venient ringer recess through Which. thecard and plate maybe engagedforfthepurpose" stated. Beneath the recessecl'iainber13of suillc ient volume to contain a boxes 14' of 'natcl' esas a reserve supply.

It is; intended. that the advertisements on they may vary in differentunits, but'the adip nen 9' a the tsp of the body and'entering from therear. end is the sides 2, end 3, and. top space8 shall-be more or lesspermanent in character though r-v' v O.

. vertisement in the depressed [portion 9 ,is

preferably such tl atit can-be changed at Will simply'by removing thecardll and substir I tutinp; another-j therefor. central longitudinalsect onv From the. foregoing description,

I p I 7 taken in I COIHIGC-tlOH-Wlllll the accompanyingdraw ng; 7 p y tisthought theconstructionandadvantages of my invention will be clear tothose skilled .planetop, s id top having an area provided with a groupof individualinatch-steinreceivingpockets, the axes of -\.vhich pocketsthe face of tlieb'ody. said area being-located at the lower half 0f theI top,- and; said bodyhaving a chamber entering-fron f thedeeper end andterminat ng shortof said pockets thepurpose specified." v

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